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The Weekly Expositor. J. A. MiSN'ziKit, TSdltor au I Proprietor. KHOCIvWAY CKSTKIh MICH. Tfio roportod threat of the Chinese viec-roy that ho would exclude Ameri cana from the Flowery Kingdom in re taliation for our expulsion act must bo taken with many grains of allowance, observes tho San Francisco Chronicle. Tho Chinese government has always expressed disapproval of tho immigra tion of lt:r people across tho Pacific. It prefers that they should coIeni.o the Phillipinos and Slant settlements whore tho can get control of trad and bo near home, Nine-tenths of the coolies who omo hero arc from tho provinces near Canton and Hong Kf-ng, and were natural nomads. The vice roy is governor of Chili, one of tho most northernly provinces, and he can have no feeling in regard to the -exelu-Hion of a few thousand of the tramp and criminal classes. Ho is also fchrewd enorgh to know that tho bal anco of American trade ha always been in favor of China, and it would bo poor policy to cut olf this lucrative trade for a matter of national senti ment. Commissioner Wright of the nation al department of labor has an interest ing chapter on working women of manufacturing canters in his last re port. From a mass of statistics he finds that tho average ago is but twenty-two years, and of tho whole num ber reported seventeen thousand live hundred, more than one-half are en gaged in their first trial at nelf-sup-port, JtM a rule, the working women aro lUtuarried, supporting not only themselves but giving their earnings largely to tho support of parents and dependents at home. Ten thousand of tho number under consideration not only work at tholr daily occupa tion but assist in household dutL'? at home. Mere than two-thirds of these women liva at homo and aro under homo influences. If Mr. Wright's testimony can bo depended upon it must bo confessed that tho life of the averago working-woman is not ho black as it has been painted. Tho ministers of Worcester, Mass., made euch a row about Mrs. Shaw whistling on Sunday in their city that tho mayor compelled her to toot only Psalm tunes, at which Kev. Hugh (. Pentecost remarks that "you may al ways bo Buro that when the average minister goes on acrusado ho will take along a Krupp gun and never lire it except at gnats. What about thj ! drudgery of poverty that makes S.in- day tho people's only holiday? Is 1horo one minister in Worec stcr who 6"bject9 to that? And if so, will the mayornroceednga;n;tit? O, Pharisee ism! l'hariseoisin! long is thy robes, broid is thy fringo and rotten is thy j heart. Attention is being directed in the manufacturing centers of the country to tho possibilities to which the waste products of corn can be put. One of tho latest discoveries is tho manufac ture of paper and cloth from corn husks. It is claimed that tho linen made from tho long libre of husks gives an excellent substitute for the coarser grades of flax and hemp and Is superior to jute, gunny cloth and sim ilar products, while tho shorter fibres of tho husks aro most admirably adapted for tho manufacture of paper, which is strongor than papers of liko weight raado from linen or cotton rags. .Nevada may bo a trille "woolly," and that sort of thing, but a bill now J Wore tho legislature Is sufliciont to ahow that she means to look out for tho comfort of her people. Tho bill in question, makes it a misdemeanor for a lady to wear a hat moro than threo inches high, at any place of umusemont. Is this bill passes, it 'is only fair to presumo that tho gentle men, on their part, will endeavor to "break themselves of tho habit of crowding out between tho acts. In somo parts of Africa youths aro purchased in tho interior slave mar kets, and aro dealt with as wo deal with young sheep and oxen which wc turn Into weathers and bullocks aro deliberately unsexed so that they may fatten quicker, nnd aro then fed upon yams and nourishing Iood till they aro ready to bo killed and eaten. Tho cessation of tho slavo trade has increased the prevalency of cannibalism. It is urged, as a special feature of the proposed corn exhibit at the Paris oxpositlon to bo undertaken by tho Hew York produce exchange, that ef forts bo mado to educate the paoplo of Kurope in the nrt of preparing corn tor food. Despite tho annual heavy uhlpmenta of corn products, there Is amazing Ignorance In foreign countries an to tho best way to prepare corn for pdlblo purposes. RARE MEXICAN SIGHTO. An American's Impressions ot Palm Sunday In Puabla do Los Angeles. Tho good Fray Julian (Jar?os, the first consecrated Hishop of tho Catho llo church in Mexico, conceived tho most prlsoworthy plan of founding, somewhero betweon the coast and tho City of Mexico a haven of refuge and resting-place for weary travelers, writes F. llopkinsoa Smith, In Atlan tic. Upon ono evoutful uight, whea his mind was filled with this noble re solve, ho beheld a lovely plain, bounded by tho great slopo of the rolcanoes, watered by two rivers, and dotted by many ever-living springs, making all things fresh r.nd green. As ho gazed, his eyes behold two angels with line and rod, measuring bounds and dis tances upon the ground. After seeing tho vision tho Dishop awoke, and that very hour set out to search for the site tho angels had shown him; upon fiiiding which ho joyously exclaimed: "This Is tho sito tho Lord has chosen through his holy angels, and hero shall .the city bo;1' and even now tho most charming and delightful of all tho cities of tho Southern shio is this Puebla do los Angeles. Nothing has occurred sinco to slviko tho confidence In tho wisdom of tho good Itishop, nor impair tho valuo of his undertaking, and to-day the Idler, tho antiquary and tho artist rise up and call him blessed. Hut tho pious lUahop did not stop here. As early as IMG ho laid tho corncr-stono of tho present cathedral, comploteil one hundred and fifty years later. This noblo edifice, in its inte rior adornmejits, lofty nave, broad aislos divided by massive stono col umns, inlaid floor of colored marble, altars, chapels, and choirs, as well as in its grand exterior, raised upon a terraeo and surmounted by majestic towers, is by far tho most stately and beautiful of all tho great buildings of Mexico. Ileforo I reached tho huge swinging doors, carved and heavily ir.med, I knew it was Palm Sunday; for tho streets were filled with people, each 0110 carrying a long thin leaf of sago palm, and the balconies with children twisting tho sacred leaves over tho Iron railings, to mark a blessing for tho houso until tho next festival. I had crossed the plaza, whera I had been loitering under tho trees, making memoranda in my sketch book of tho groups of Indians lounging on tho benches in tho shade, and sketching the outlines of bunches of littlo donkeya dozing in tho sun; and mounting tho raised terrace upon which th-s nob.'o pile is built, I found myself in tha cool, inccnso-laden interior. Tho aisles woro a moving mass of people waving palms over their heads, tho vista looking liko great fields of ferns in tho wind. Tho servico was still in progress, "uid tho distant bursts of tho organ rebounded at intervals through tha arches. I wedged my way between tho throngs of worshipers aomo kneeling, some shufding along, keeping step with the crowd past tho Inlaid 'stalls, ex quisite carvings, and gilded figures of saints, until I reached tho door of tho sacristy. I always searched out tho sacristy. It contains the movablo prop erty of tho church, and as I have a pas sion for moving it when tho caoris tan is of tho same mind I always find it tho most attractive corner of any sacre'l interior. Tho room was superb. Tho walls were covered with paintLngs sot In gild ed frame?; tho chcf'.s of drawers wero crammed with co.d!y vestment. 'J.VQ exquisite tables covered with 6labs of onyx stood on ono side, while upon a raised shelf above them were ranged eight superb Japanese. I marl jars for water, I presumed. Wh?n I entered, a lino of (student near tho door woi'o be ing robed in whit J starched garments by tho sacristan; groups of priests in twos anl threes, somo in vestments, others in street robe., wero chatting together on an old settle; and an aged bishop, white-haired, was listening in tently to a young priest dressed in a dark purple robe, both out-lined against an open window. Tho holo effect re minded me of ono of Vibort's pictures. I was 60 absorbed that I remained motionless in tho middle of tho room, gazing awkwardly about. Tho next moment tho light was shut out, and I was half smothered in tho folds of a muslin skirt. I had been mistaken for a student chorister, and tho sacristan would have slipped it over my head but for my smothered protest. Had I known the servico, I think I should have riskad tho consequences. Tho sacristy openol into tho chapter- room. Ihe wanderer who thinks he must go to Italy to find grand Interiors should stand at tho threshold of this room and look in; or, still bottir, rest his weary bones for half an hour with n tho perfectly proportioned, vaulted and domed apartment, hung with Flem ish tapestry and covered with paint ings, and examine it at his leisure. Ho can select any ono of tho superb old Spanish chairs presented by Charle.j V., thirty-two of which line tho walls; then, being rested, ho can 6tep into tho mid dle of the room, and feast his eyes upon a single slab of Mexican onyx covering a tabic largo enough for a grand coun cil of bishops. I confess I stoid for an Instant amazed, wondering whothor I was really in Mexico, across its thou sand miles of dust, or had wandered into somo old palaco or church in Vero na or Padua. A 1 alk On Canes. "Tho fashion In canos as well as in the way of carrying these necos.fary concomitants of stylish dress," said a dealer in these articles to an Eagle re porter, "changes from year to year. When our fathers wero lads tho propor caper was to carry a whalobono or ma lacca stick. Tho dandies of those days apparently never learned that a cane should bo carried in any other way than by its handle. It remained for tho young men of the prosent day to invent the awthetic stylo of swinging a stick that Is delicately balanced between tho thumb and forefinger, whllo tho prop er accompanying gait was tho springing walk with bent knees and anna akimbo. Then came tho genuino cesthetlo style with all Its limpid 11 rap noss, by which the languid cane was held in front of the body, while tho cl- foonra wero woll forward nnd tho ahould ers moro bent even than In the swing ing style. Tho fashion of holding the feiTulo down followed, then of grasping the stick by tho middle with tho ferrule pointing forward und now tho cane should be carried by its middle with tho handle forward. Tho material for. canos is uvea more varied than tho styles of carrying them. Tho buckhora bandlo and plain slick is about as pop ular now as anything and is tho result of tho roactloa against tho craze for sllvor heads. Many canes aro mado from lmj.ortod woods, tho celebrated whjngoo stick coming from China, where they are celebrated for tho regularity of their joints, which aro tho point at which tho leaves branch o!T. Tho orango and lemon aro highly prized and aro im ported principally from tho West Indies, although Florida Is supplying many of these at tho present time. Tho orango stick is known by its beautiful green bark, with fine longitudinal markings and tho lemon by tho symmetry of its proportions and both prominence and regularity of its knots. Myrtle sticks have a value on account of tho peculiarity of their appearance and aro imported from Algeria. Tho rajah stick is another importation and is a species of p.tlm grown iu Itorneo. Tlioso c.ines known as palm canes aro distinguished by an angular or moro or less fiat surface, aro brownish or spotted in appearance and havo neither knob nor curl. Tho most celebrated of all palm canes is tho malacca, which doubtless will never loso its popularity with men of middlo or advanced ago. The mahieca stick li cut from a spoeie3 of calamus, a slender clim'ung pnlui, and does not come from Malacca, us tho name would Imply, but from a small town on tho opposite coast of Sumatra. Other imported canes aro of ebony, palmetto, rosewood, thorn, cactus hairwool, partridge wood and lots of other varieties. Tho manu facture of canes is zy no means tho simple process one ndght imagine it to be. In Jersey many families support themselves by gathering sticks, lit for canes, which they find in tho swamps", straightening them with an old vise, steaming them over a common iron kettle, and uflcr roughly scraping them, sen ling them in bundles to tho city manufacturers. Many imported sticks coins in their nativo twisted or crooked state and havo to bo straight encd by mechanical means In the fac tories. The process is to bury them in hot sand until they become pliable. In front of tho sand are boards about six feet long fixed at an anglo inclined to tho workman and having notches in their edges. When a stick is pliablo tho workman puts it in a notch and bends it in an opposite direction to that in which it is naturally crooked. It is then left awhilo to set. To form an artificial crook or curl for tho handle tho workman places 0:10 end in a viso and then tends it, at tho samo time pouring on the yielding wood a con stant stream of liro from a- gas jet. Sometimes tho wood is chanvd, but this is rubbed smooth by fandpaper. There are lotj of other interesting points about canes, which I havo not timo 1o enlighten you upon just now. Come in again and I'll tell you somo more." Urooklyn Kaglo. No Doubt of It The editor of tho Stage, tho latest candidate for public favor in tho field of dramatic journalism, camo to New York yesterday to discover If possible a new picture of Mary Anderson with which to adorn tin front page of his weekly publication. Ho is Morton McMichael third, a grandson of tho famous raconteur of tho samo name, who at tho Uni3 of his d?nti was tho editor ati.l proprietor 0 111" oldest daily newspaper In America, tho Philadelphia North American, which his sons still own and edit Young McMichael was positively amazed at tho easiness of his lr.sk. In each photographer's window along Uroadway ho saw not ono but more, and in somo cases ono dozen pictures of tho society amateur, and yet no two were alike, and all appeared to bo of recent execution. In conversa tion with photographer sho found that Mis i Anderson has an alveole craze to have herself photographed. 1 1 is not small-minded vanity; it is the rosult of a refreshing and healthful candor which leads iior to frankly say sho likes to look upon pictures of herself. Sho j never refuses a photographer's request I fni n ut Miner. Whiln in T-nndnrt liv ! d iily list of engagements invariably in cluded a call upon a camera marksman. As a matter of tact Mary is greatly in love with herself. New York Sun. Count tho Hordes. Count tho mercies ! count tho mercies ! Number all the gifts of love; Keep a daily faithful record Of tho comfort! from above Look ot nil tho lovely green spots In life's wc.it d.'sert way; Think how many cooling foantatns Cheer our fainting heart! o tch day. Count the mercies! count the m.rcicii Sec them strewn along our way I Count tho mercies, though tho trials Seem to number moro e.ich day ; Count tho trial, too, us nvroies, Add them to tho grand array. Trials nro G d s richest b'essings. Sent to prompt our upward night, As tho eagle's no-t nil broken, Makes them liy to loftier height; Count them mercies! count thorn mercies! TWat brin.? heaven within our sight. Lot us number all our jewels, Ict us ( st imato their wort h ; Let us thank tho gracious Giver, Strewing bU Bsins o'er tho earth. Let our hearts o'erlow with gladuoss, Let us tell the wonders o'er, Till our multiplying treasures Seem a countless, boundless storo. Then l?t praises, grateful praises, lie our language evermore. -Anonymous. Rudeness In Speech. Some pride themselvos upon saying rudo things. They fancy they have done a smart thing whon they havo given a ruggod, coarse rebuff. We havo known somo Christian men to ba very unchristian in this particular. All such ought to ponder this remark, made by one of tho greatest of groat men: "Sir, a man has no moro right to say an uncivil thing than to act ono no moro right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down," THE MEXICAN VIRGIN. Our Ladyof Guadalupe, tho Patron Saint of the Land of the Monte zumas. Keccnt events in Mexico havo rnlled un tibual attention to tho patron sa!nt of that country, Our Ludy of Guulaluio, says tho .New York Evening Post. A nutivo writer has taken udvantage of tho iaular Intern t and has published what may bo t ailed au attempt to give tho uatiirul history of tho famous apparition of l.Vll. Every volumo of Mexican travels, from Hernul Diaz to tho compilations of tho latest iu wsjuiper corre spondent, has given an account, iu one way tr utiother, of tho miraculous appearance of tho virgiu to Juan Diego on tho spot where now stands tho shrino built in her honor, uud the details of tho story aro familiar to .ull rtadors. Such narratives, get scant courtesy ut the hands of intelligent men nowadays. Curt dismissal is but a new in stance of a 1 ojmlar delusion or a fabrication of the priesthood Is tho most they can ex pect. Uut fin h a study as tho one referred to, which hooks in contemporaneous records tllio raw material out of which tho story grew or was framed, must ulways have an interest of its own, if only as being a new triumph of reason over suporstitutiou. Considerable Importance attaches to tho Tory name Cuudalupo. Hy this natno, so ti e rtory runs, the virgin directed that her miraculously painted picture should bo cull ed. Hut t-ho was talking to an Indian, and presumably in ono of the Nahua dialects. Now, it is atllrn c.l by competent scholars that the letters "d" iL "g ' do nut occur in these languages, und that the nearest an Aztec, could come to saying (luadalupe would Lo Tecuutulopc. Tho undent name of the hill hero tho apparition is said to have taken place was UVpeyac. Whence, then, came tho nnmo of Cuudulunel No certainly-traced coimecticn can be made out, bat it is a fact of great signiliranco that Spain h:wl her own lady of (Juadalnp! before the conquest. According to tho 'Monuruuia da Erpana of Sal tzar, a virgin known by that name was tho object of Fpecial wor ship in Cucoros, a small vil'ueof tho pro vince of Andalusia. Very suggestive'y, though at the sam't time very a.Tgruvatingly, since the clew leads to not him;, the historian says that Hernan Cortes was much given to the servico of this virgin, and that ho had placed in her shrino a sflver lamp and a scorpion of geld incrusted with emeralds. This last, of course, was a votive offering. Now, Mexican history reveals no connec tion at all between Cortes and tho Mexican virgin of (Juadah.pe; yet, under the circum stances, it is easy to boliovo that cue existed of which all traco has been lost. At any rate, it Is worth knowing that a virgiu of (JuadaluiK) wus no novelty to the conquer ing Spaniards.' In fact, a report of a viceroy to Philip II.. 1.1T-", Fn.vs that thi Mexica 1 viigln was called (Juadalupan, from her resemblance to one cf tho ?amo name in Spain. Among the direct r.nteoc.lcnts of tho sikj cial cult of the Virgin on tho hill of Tepcyac must be taken Into account the well-established fact that thoraaie spot had long been the set no of pagan rites of great religious importance. Tho Indians retarded the r I.icj as sacred long before thoy wero taught to venerate it by tho priest j of Spain. Sahagun, for example, relates that the tem ple to the. virgin but succeeded an older one of the Aztecs in tho samo locality. Tho same Cutl.nl c historian also says that just i.s the Indians now gather Iron leagues umun l to share in tho great festival of luadalupc day. Dec. li, so la pagan times thronging multitudes used to g yearly ti tho same place to join in ono of the greatest of tho heathen feasts. More striking still is it to notice the deity f raierly worship -d on the 6ot where now tho Virgin is held in such veneration. It. was ono of tho seats of Tonantzin. That won I is variously translat ed "M. ther of tha Gods" or "Queen of t'.ic Virgins." Thus no violent wrench in the religious ideas of tho natives w.-s required in their transition from one faith to another. As indicative of tho willingness cf the nunkswho accompanied the Spaniards to utlll'C the preconceptions of tho Indians for their own purpes-'s it is worthy of mention that the Franciscans early had a hermitage iien thi hill of TYite.vac. This they had dedicuW to the sieci;il worship cf the Vir giu Mary, though she was nut yet known as the virgin of tiaudalupe, Ann 'f'c the ftupawt ii isVis said to ha?o taken place cm ; tuJ Christian service had been introduced! many of the old Indian rites, dancos, son:.rs, etc., continued to be in use, us is altos'. cd by writers who wero scandalized by the fact. Thus the good monk Suhatrun says of the Indians: "And still they come gnat dis t;'ncesto see their Tonantzin, just us they used to do, und this devotion is highly sus picious since there are churches of our lady everywhere, but they do not go to them: ,et they keep on coming leagues to their Ton anUin ;" and Taneo w itnesses to tho mixture of heathen with Christian ceremonies that long prevailed at 1 ho Guudulrpe shrine. Add tho fact that others of the modern holy places of Mexico havo borrowed no small part of their sanctity from foregoing pagan times this is tho case, for example, with the seat of tho other renowned Mcxu an vir gin. Our Lady of Kerned ios and it will not rc hard to imagine how deft tlngers put the new Christian patch in thj old pagan gar ment. It was not until 17.i7 that tho holy seo granted the request of its Mexican subjects, 11 ml gave permission for the religious cele bration of (iaudalujxi day, ass gning the nroior r -avers r.nd olliees. Even in tho de cree conceding this, DcnAdict XIV. used language which is very cautious, and does not commit tho church to actual belief in tho apparition. This was observed by Juan liautistu Munoz, who read an essay on tho question before the Koyal Academy of His tory of Malrid in 1P.M. And tho academy itself, in the 'notice'' which It prefixed to the essay in its published proceedings, said : The careful und reverent criticism with which this scholar examines the origin und growth of these popular legend;!, demon strating by means of trustworthy docu ments their want of s did truthfulness, and. ut the sumo time, tho reasonableness of the worship paid tho sacred paint ing, always to bo held in rcsect even it it never apix nrcd in the way alleged, is wholly in keeping with the reserve and distrust with which tlio holy see looked upon tho popular belief." In close, if surprising, keeping with this if tho pastoral of tho Mexican bishop of Tamaulipas' dated Oct, 13, 1 Ss7. Itsmateriul parts are as follows: "Inasmuch as certain prlesU have asked what they ought to say to thoso believers and skeptics of their resectivo parishes who inquire of them if the apparition of Our Ladyof Ouadalupo must bo considered a dogma of faith defined by Benedict X1V. or ut least by the present archbishops of Mex ico, these priests saying that tho difficulties raised by ihe l'rotestants on this joint are causing great harm to tho faithful, the most illustrious and reverend bishop makes the following reply: 'Tho Catholic truth is as clear as noon day and so should be its preaching and teaching to all believers. We desire and command that all our priests imitate tho Apostlo Paul la knowing only Jesum Cnristum ot hunc cruciflxuin (1 Corinthians, ii. 2). Neither wo nor any other bishop, ex cept tho Koman pontiff, can give definitions of faith. Henodiet XIV. simply conceded, what was besought, that by tho meditation of our lady of tluada luo our prayers might bo offered before the throro of Ood, assigning also tho proper offices, which act signified only that such a service is pious and good, without saying anything in reference to a private belief. Therefore our priests must not confound a private faith in the appari tion at (inadalupe with tho sacred articles of Catholic faith, nor hesitate H say, when the circumstances call for it, that believers wo not obliged to accept the apparition. Let them honor with rolomn services tho most holy mother of tlod uuder tho national numo ot (Suadulupo us our patron und pro tector, but in their conversation und preach ing let them not speak of tho uppuriiiou ol TerevaoV' This pastoral letter was called forth amid the goncrul excitement aroused a your ugo by tho proiwsed teunxaury transfer of tuo (iuadaluo painting to the cathedral of Mexico. Archbishop Labastida desired to make extensive repair in tho (lUuduliqio church uud afterward to restore the saen d figure to its beautified resting place. lie had a precedent for such action in tl.o hiuil Iar measure taken iu is:tt, when tho pu lut ing of the Virgin was for a time in tho con vent of the Capuchins. Hut it was strongly suspected that tho archbishop was deter mined to give tho great demons rations, sure to be mado on such an cceus'on, a po litical turn. It was feared that tho scheme was a trump card of tho reactionary party. Consequently great opposition to the pi 111 was manifested, l'lominent HIm-imIs peti tioned tho government to prohibit tho in tended imhlic procession, erect i .n of trium phal arches, coronation of the Virgin, etc. H'hat. steps tho govt rnutcnt took is not accu rately known; but tho archbishop wm, in some way, 1 d to defer the solemnity, wh'ch had b H'ti fixed for tho Hint of hut Decem ber, until a timo when, to uso his own words foun 1 in tho edict which he issued, "tho public mind shall h ive c,ilruel." It only remains to add thut the bishop of Tuniutilipas has I eon compelled to eat his own words. A second pa -u oral letter on the (fuadaiux) Virgin appeared under date of Aiiif. H, lS'is. It runs us follows: "JI'.s excellency Cardinal Monaco, secre tary of the Sacred Congregation of Kites of the Koman and Universal Inquisition, in na ntilcial note of July Jt, Just received, writes us follows: 'Their exoel'ett -ios tho cardinals inquisitors general have severely condemn ed t hy nmuner of condn. t 1.11I speech in op position to thi miraelo or i pparition of the Most Holy Virgin Mary of (iuadnlupe.' And inasmuch as we huve never intended to sep arate ourselves by so much us a jot from tho preaching und determinations of the holy sec, or of it Worthy tribunals or congrega tions, wo say to all thoso who may huvo read our writings that we also sjvoroly con demn our maniii r of c onduct und speech in oppsit'.on to tho miracle or apparition of the Most Holy Virgin Mary of t Juadalup,', ind that we recall, annul, and disown till our writings in which anything may have up I eared, express or implied, ug.iinst the mir acle or apparit'oa of our Ludy of Guada lupe." SOMETHING OF A GIFT. How a Typical New York Young Man Can Distribute Wealth. I't me give you one more instance of how money goes whea a typical young New Yorker is u i ectiug the dUtribtit'on, writes lllakely Hall.. It wus shortly before 10 this morning, whilo I wus on my way down town, that I saw a man whom I knew stan 1 ing on the curb at Fifth avenue und Thirty sixth street, with h'.s hands in his pockets, a cigar in his mouth, und his hut tilted for ward. He had a h"uvily lined and dis upnt e 1 fac?, and he va unquestionably a little shaky from rising so early in the morning. He nodded h's head toward a coachman down tlu street, and stepped me with a mo tion c f Li3 hand. "I've a little present for the duchess here. See if you think it will pie ise her." The duchess, us everybody in New York knows, is the particular young woman 0:1 the New York siag.i who enjoys the friend ship of tho millionaire's son. A clatter of hoois und then fie m 'st perfectly appointed brougham that 1 h ive ever s- en drove up and s.opped iu the middle of the street. "It ull pos to her," said the young mil lionaire, shortly, "tiorjo.s and man includ ed.'1 Tho brougham hail a body of dark groen, with claret colored wheels, und tin who;o interior wus be mtifully utho!s:etvd in pink s:lk. The windows wero beveled glas s it in silver und tho coachman's livery wa lot-tlo-s;reu, with silver buttons, oirduroys, und pipe 1 lay boots; but tho wonder of it all was the team of sorrel horsoi. Th.'y were loss than fifteen hands hitdi, with arched necks, small heals, b mged tads, r.nd legs as dell. ate us fawns. They were built lik-j race horses. They were as jxnfectly mulched us two jxas. Their hots were blackened and po.islied till they shone like mirrors, and the flakes of foam th.it lcll from their lips whitened their forelegs in places like snow. They reminded me moro of u beautiful pair of fox terriers th in horses. The man on tho box was ubout half tho size of au ordinary man, nnd in thorough con sonance with tho rest of the outfit. "Kather a decent present," said tho own er, motioning the driver away und staitL't;: toward his cab. The Hail road Crematory. Several ix'rsons, after escaping any In jury from tho shock of tho trains coming to gether nt Tullmadge, near Akron, on tho New York, Pennsylvania and Old 1 railway recently, wore caught by the flames which fprun? fierce and hungry from tho deadly car stove and burned until death relieved their safTcring. Ono littlo girl traveling all alona from tho west to tho east was caught underneath one of ths seats and held fast until tho llames licked up her young life. Slcura heating from tho locomotive boiler is not practical on this road. Tho managers uro no doubt afraid that an emer gency might somo day ariss in which tho boating boiler would not work. Tho train might pet stuck in a snow bank, for instance, or tho engineer might be poized with thirst and drink up nH tho water in the tender and so lcavo tho pnscengers to shiver and shake. It is better, you sec, to burn up a fow hu man beinus once in a whilo than to let a pas senger run any risk of ever having his ears or fingers ache with tho cold. This reason for not putting in a steam hoatitur apparatus may apix?ar trilling to tho goncrul reader; it is powerful lo thoso managers who do not want to go to tho cxjxjnso of sending their old stoves to the scrup iron pile. One road having a terminus in New York city, tho New York and New Haven, has a ked to bo exempted from tho law of th 3 empire state forbidding tho use of the d' nd ly stove in nassenger coaches, on tho ground that it oixu-atos less than fifty miles within the Jurisdiction of tho state. This is about as tcuahlo us tho ground western managers have taken ngainst tho modern method of raising caloric whilo running ut tho rate of fifty miles it hour. Murning up anywhere on thoso fifty miles of track would probably be about us painful as being roasted ou a lino which spans tho continent. It is an easy matter to change from tho ancient and dangerous plan to tho modern and safe one. It is gratifying to know that a bill will bo speedily Introduced in the Ohk legislature compelling tho railroads of this state to abolish tho cur stove. It is also gratifying to know that when it is intro duced there will bo littlo or no opposition to its prompt passage. Cincinnati limes. The Most Popular Sonff. The Cincinnati Enquirer answers a cor respondent by saying that the most popular ixx-in in tho English languago is Clenjent C. Moore's "Night lief ore Christmas." We do not know that we concur in this opinion. Is Moore's poem moro popular than "Mary Had a Littlo Lamb!" Hy "most popular," wo take It, the Enquirer moans tho most widely known and tho most frequently re peated. Tho Moore poom is popular only at a oeruiin short season of tho year: there aro other simpler lyrics that are taught to chil dren every day of tho year. The poem about Mary's lamb has boon parodied oftoner, per haps, than any other English poom; it has como to be a necessary part of one's educa tion. Another universal poem Is Watts' "lA't Dogs DollghV etc., and another, "Little Drops of Water," eta,-and 0 third, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Littlo Star." Thoso verses aro known wherever the English language is spoken. Chicago News. A FEMALE DETECTIVE. Tho Only One In the South, an Jet Very Charming: Young Person. Luvena Mabry Is ono of tho notable c har acters cf Atlanta, Co., says the New York Sun. Luvciv, Is a flaxen haired, cherry-lipped girl of twenty-five, with a form likellouo. She cejoys tho distinction of being tho only femalo do'eetivo in tho south, und has a history thut is as romuntic us it has en udventurous. Her fa her lived in Haral son bounty, where ho was a dealer in moon shine whUky. One day Deputy-Marshal MarkSiott appoired on tho scene for tlur purpose of arte ding tho old man, but found tho daughter instead. She gavo him such a tongue huhlng as ha h id uever received before Sho was brought to Atlanta a pris oner, where sho met United States Mar shal Nelms, M ho saw nt once that sho would make a gool detective. '! could Mriko a still liouso like a hound pup docs slop." b'jo said. The mostnotabli caso in which bh ? wr.s engaged was that of Jim McCoy. Jim had murdered Dcputy-Mnrs'i il Kellett und a companion. The murder was jxcul:arl.v brutal. In a rcj-ontre ten years before Kellett hud wounded McCoy, McCoy ex tracted tho bullet nnd kept it for ten ye ts, when he sent it, whii.in' through Kcl.ctts heart. As ull the mount. 'in people wero his friends It was found Impossible to spot him. Tiiero was a neighbor witli whos s daughter McCoy hail illicit rel.u ions, and wi h her Miss Luvena was intimate. Sho wont there on a visit, and when she was shown int her room sho quietly slipped out of th ) window and into her friend's room, where she secreted herself 1111 !er th ) bed. About midnight McCoy entered und spent tho night. He fore leavin? he mado an engage ment to return i:cxt nitrht. Miss Luvena watched tin first opportuni ty to sl;p out ui d into her own room. A few minutes later she upt eared ut tho break fast table us though notldmr had happened. She returned to Atlanta in time to ;:ive waruin;, and that night the o:iicers arrested McCoy ut the npiKKuted! place. In oroer to carry out her scheuK S Miss Lu vena appears ohead us iv "lly" young ludy, and thus makes friends. Sho then gives tho po ids uway to onleers, up;. caring with them herself in a male garb, vo unlike her self thut those whokuuw Lcr could not de toot her. On another occasion slji had to spot an illicit distiller in Kr.niolph county, Ala.. Sho learned that the moonshiner had a comely daughter. Miss Luvena, therefore, uttired us a handsome undo bo. k-pc Idler, presented herself at the nKOMshiu r's house, i he stranger was all smiles for the young girl, and noon beg n mukirg love. Next, day tlw affair h.:d progressed far enough for the girl to take the strunger completely into her confidence, t.ti'l she jxilut-d out tho still house. That night the establishment was r. 1 led. and the girl-has never since heard from her lovi r. "In one of my trips Into Ch'Tokee, (la.,'' she said, "1 ma lo oe.iteu mash on a sweei. voting lady, and I uin now engaged to marry h;r. Sl.o sends mo Ihe sweetest ltier! You ought to see thorn. I luid to play tho part of u man up there, and I went in male attire. This youn i girl took t mo ut once, und I could not shako her off. So I Just, made love to her atter tho most approved style. We h ive been corresponding regu larly. My proatcht diftlculty Willi her is having the dates for marriage postponed. Sho is a sweet young thing, uud I hate to break the illusi m in which sho is so happy." Ihe SamoaH Imbroglio. Germany has an earnest dedio to get tho upper-hand in Samoa, but it is hardly cred ible that the re.cni ruthless attacks made by somo of the (k r.nun marines ujion tho natives, Americans and English iu Samoa wero authorized, cith' r uiroctl or indroct ly, by tho homo governm ;nf Thoso wore, ' so far ai the dispatches show, simply the work of an uno utrolled mo1) spirit, set ablaze by tho resistance of the natives to the intrigues intended to deprive them of their independence. Yet the destruction of the projxrty of American citizens and the tearing down of tho American flags by tho soldiers of a foreign power ure acts that cannot bo ignored bv our government. It is momentous business. No less so is the re lortel uttaelc upon English oiVeers. Tho German government, will proh.ib'v apolo gize und offer Indemnity, l'rim 0 Hisni irck lias not lost his sagacity, and he therefore knows that Germany cannot ufToiil 10 make enemies of the United States and England by arroganci in this S;moan affair. The (lerman empire is not to powerful thut it does not nca J to preserve friendly relations with these two governments. As to the cfi'ect of this rash outbreak so far as Germany's onterprisjs in tho l'a ifio are concerned, it cannot but. lo dam ging. Naturally both tho United States and Great Hritain will now pursue u firmer und moro courageous noli -v. They will havo dono with trifling. The two n t ions have aetett together for" their common interes's. They have not sought to get exclusive control of the Samoan islands, but simply to u; hold their rights in that rojion, and they nro now likely to insist without reserve or tim idity that Germany shall rot have eontrol. Our government seeks no quarrel with Ger niiinyor any other power. Hut wo must protect our interests in the Pacific And our duty is mado clear not only by commer cial interests but also by treaty stipulations. Wo cannot honorably stand aside und let Samoa becomo the prey of Hismurck. President Cleveland's recent message had the rLht ring. It advised that there be no yielding to coercion, no sacrifice of tho na tionul honor. Cincinnati Times. 'Ihe Naval Attache. A naval attaeho is ono of tho most inter esting person you enn moot. His business is apparently to survey tho scene of human activity in a broad and noblo spirit, taking a largo and disinterested view of the pro gress of civilization. He shines in the par lor and bubbles over at tho banquet. lie is the most candid, open hearted ami childliko muu in every company. Men and women envy him. He never seems to be burdened with work an elegant, idier sent among foreigners out of pure good nature. As a matter of luct n navid attache is tho eyes and cars of the military branch of the government. His mldnigh's aro spent la writiug down tho projosi of foreign nations. Mo detail is too small locscupc his watchful mind if it bo new and vital. He never must, forgot, even for a moment, that he is moving among the possible future enemies of his country. New Yorx Herald. No More Privacy. And now a medd leucine, interfering doctor has gone and invented somo kind of a "scope" or something through which to looks into a fellow's eye, without asking him a solitary question, and knows right away whether or not tho fellow smokes, how many cigars a da.v, and about tho kind of cigars. It's gating to bo so that it's no eorthlv use to lie to a doctor. And by and by the preachers will begin to find us out tho sumo way, and then we'll havo to lie honest all around or go to the dentist, have our backbones extracted, and loin Robert Els mere. Hrooklyn Kaglo. Vamlerbilt and Hayti. Humors have been current that Mr. Van dorbilt's yateh was about to bo sold to ono of tho Ilaytlan governments. If such a deal should bo consummated tho islund would firobably be turned over to Mr. Vandcrbilt n part payment. Haltlmore American. Hag Got Lots of Sense. John Wanamakor spends tT,000 a week for advertising, which shown that ho has god more sense than many men who have bo come callaet officers. Cleveland Icadcr.